ANNOUNCEMENT: The Political Book Awards Shortlists

December 06, 2012 10:22

Holly Smith

Today is the day – the shortlists for the Paddy Power and Total Politics Political Book Awards 2013 have finally been announced, and there are some fantastic books on the lists, which you can see in full below. You can keep up to date with further announcements by following @PolBookAwards and visiting politicalbookawards.com

Political Book of the YearA History of the World by Andrew Marr (Macmillan)Britain’s Quest for a Role by David Hannay (I.B. Tauris)Education, Education, Education by Andrew Adonis (Biteback)Ever the Diplomat by Sherard Cowper-Coles (HarperPress)Everybody Matters by Mary Robinson (Hodder & Stoughton)Live From Downing Street by Nick Robinson (Bantam Press)The Burden of Power by Alastair Campbell (Hutchinson)The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton (OUP)The Politics of Coalition by Robert Hazell and Ben Yong (Hart Publishing)Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (Profile Books)

Political Biography of the YearA Kick Against the Pricks: The Autobiography by David Norris (Transworld Ireland)Events, Dear Boy, Events by Ruth Winstone (Profile Books)Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Ray Monk (Jonathan Cape)Last Man Standing by Jack Straw (Macmillan)Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W. T. Stead by W. Sydney Robinson (The Robson Press)Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor by Adrian Fort (Jonathan Cape)The Burden of Power by Alastair Campbell (Hutchinson)

Polemic of the YearA Doomed Marriage: Britain and Europe by Daniel Hannan (Notting Hill Editions)Arguing for Independence by Stephen Maxwell (Luath Press)Britain for Sale by Alex Brummer (Cornerstone)Defending Politics by Matthew Flinders (OUP)Drugs – Without the Hot Air by David Nutt (UIT Cambridge)Education, Education, Education by Andrew Adonis (Biteback)The End of Politics by Douglas Carswell (Biteback)Geek Manifesto by Mark Henderson (Bantam Press)The New Few by Ferdinand Mount (Simon & Schuster)You Can’t Read This Book by Nick Cohen (Fourth Estate)

Political History Book of the YearA History of the World by Andrew Marr (Macmillan)Fascist Voices by Christopher Duggan (Bodley Head)Real Britannia by Colin Brown (Oneworld Publications)The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton (OUP)The Liberal Unionist Party: A History by Ian Cawood (I.B. Tauris)The Road Not Taken by Frank McLynn (Bodley Head)The Unlikely Warriors by Richard Baxell (Aurum Press)

International Affairs Book of the YearBritain’s Quest for a Role by David Hannay (I.B. Tauris)Gang of One by Gary Mulgrew (Hodder & Stoughton)Is China Buying the World? By Peter Nolan (Polity Press)Mullahs Without Mercy by Geoffrey Robertson (Biteback)No Worse Enemy by Ben Anderson (Oneworld Publications)Nuclear Iran by David Patrikarakos (I.B. Tauris)On the Front Line by Marie Colvin (HarperPress)The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia by Angus Roxburgh (I.B. Tauris)Tiger Head, Snake Tails by Jonathan Fenby (Simon & Schuster)Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (Profile Books)

Political Process Book of the YearBritannia Unchained by Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore, Elizabeth Truss (Palgrave Macmillan)Ever the Diplomat by Sherard Cowper-Coles (HarperPress)Lessons from the Top by Gavin Esler (Profile Books)Philip Gould – An Unfinished Life by Dennis Kavanagh (Palgrave Macmillan)Stumbling Over Truth by Kevin Marsh (Biteback)The Politics of Coalition by Robert Hazell and Ben Yong (Hart Publishing)

Political Humour/Satire Book of the YearBan This Filth! by Ben Thompson (Faber and Faber)Eminent Elizabethans by Piers Brendon (Jonathan Cape)House of Fun by Simon Hoggart (Guardian Books)Is That Mic Off? by Phil Mason and Matthew Parris (The Robson Press)Questions to Which the Answer is ‘No!’ by John Rentoul (Elliott & Thompson)The Best of Matt 2012 by Matthew Pritchett (Orion)The Spanish Ambassador’s Suitcase by Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson (Viking)